Chapter 51

Xu Huirong laughed.

The two had grown up together since childhood; who didn't know whom?

Recently, Chen Xueru had been too abnormal; she couldn't go three sentences without mentioning Wan Ping'an.

"Xueru, do you really like Ping'an?"

Xu Huirong stared at Chen Xueru.

"Who likes him?"

"I'm just quite interested in him. The tomatoes he grows, the rice he grows—they aren't things an ordinary person could grow."

"In the past, they would be tribute; in the present, they also qualify as special-supply goods."

Chen Xueru blushed.

She wasn't lying; she couldn't say she liked Wan Ping'an yet, but she was very interested, and whenever she had free time, she wanted to study Wan Ping'an.

"Xueru, this is very dangerous."

"Being interested in a man is the beginning of liking him; you will soon fall into it."

Xu Huirong shook her head.

While the two were discussing Wan Ping'an, Ping'an bought many things and returned to the Sihe Academy.

"Ping'an, what are these things you bought?"

"Is this old ox tendon?"

"And steel bars?"

Wan Ping'an placed the things at his doorway, and Xu Damao saw it.

He curiously came over to watch the excitement.

"Right, I plan to make a bow to go into the mountains to hunt."

Wan Ping'an didn't hide it.

"Hunting?"

"Can you take me with you?"

Xu Damao's eyes lit up.

"Don't even think about it."

"With your physique, a single small wild boar could finish you off."

Wan Ping'an shook his head.

Cai Quanwu was absolutely right; the mountains were very dangerous, and the jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards were not ordinarily ferocious.

"You, hunting?"

"I think you're going to be food; either you'll be eaten by wolves or eaten by tigers."

Jia Dongxu came to the backyard.

She was also followed by Seeing Shazhu.

"Wan Ping'an, I bet you don't dare to go into the mountains at all, just wandering around the outskirts."

"At most, you'll just take a shot at wild rabbits or pheasants."

Seeing Shazhu mocked and ridiculed.

Some people who weren't good gathered around; their opinions were similar to Seeing Shazhu and Jia Dongxu's. Going into the mountains alone to hunt? What kind of joke was that?

Hmph!

Wan Ping'an looked coldly at Seeing Shazhu, Jia Dongxu, and the others.

He couldn't be bothered to pay attention to them.

"Wan Ping'an, I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me?"

Seeing Shazhu was a bit annoyed.

Wan Ping'an still ignored him; he was thinking about the future.

Besides going into the mountains to hunt, he also prepared to hoard a batch of grain. The Great Famine was coming; if he didn't want to starve, he had to make preparations in advance.

When poor, cultivate one's own virtue; when rich, benefit the world!

He first had to ensure he could eat his fill, and if he had extra strength, he would help the country share some of the pressure.

The petty squabbles with these animals were not worth mentioning.

"Wan Ping'an..."

Seeing Shazhu asked twice, and Wan Ping'an ignored him both times, making him feel he had lost face, and he became a bit angry from embarrassment.

"Are you looking for a beating?"

Wan Ping'an looked up, staring coldly at Seeing Shazhu.

His icy gaze was as sharp as a knife.

Seeing Shazhu shivered.

"Hmph, I won't lower myself to your level."

Seeing Shazhu said stubbornly.

The crowd laughed.

Seeing Shazhu was feeling guilty; they could all see it.

"Ping'an, can you make a bow and arrow?"

Xu Damao was very skeptical.

Making a lethal bow and arrow was not a child's toy made of a bamboo stick and a piece of string.

"He can make a fart?"

"The bow and arrow he makes definitely couldn't even shoot a chicken to death, let alone go hunting."

Seeing Shazhu seized the opportunity.

"Seeing Shazhu, do you dare to make a bet with me?"

"When I finish making the bow, you stand opposite me, and I can let you stand twenty meters away. See if I can shoot you to death with one arrow?"

Wan Ping'an stared coldly at Seeing Shazhu.

"Seeing Shazhu, bet with him, what are you afraid of?"

Xu Damao loved to watch the excitement and wasn't afraid of things getting big.

Anyway, it was a bet between Seeing Shazhu and Wan Ping'an; no matter who lost or won, it had nothing to do with him. If he could shoot Seeing Shazhu to death, that would be best.

"Seeing Shazhu, bet with him."

Jia Dongxu also encouraged Seeing Shazhu.

Seeing Shazhu had beaten him, he hated Seeing Shazhu, but he couldn't beat Seeing Shazhu.

He also hated Wan Ping'an.

If the two made a bet, no matter who lost or won, he would be just like Xu Damao—happy!

"My dad is back."

"I'm going back to eat."

Seeing Shazhu's face turned red and his neck thick, and he turned and ran.

The crowd burst into laughter.

Everyone could see that Seeing Shazhu was scared.

Even if it were a toy bow and arrow, it could possibly shoot someone to death; even if it couldn't, what if it shot someone in the eye or the throat?

The process of making the bow and arrow was slow and boring.

Not long after, the neighbors left one after another, leaving only Wan Ping'an alone, seriously making the bow and arrow.

The God-level Hunting Technique included not just how to kill prey, but also how to make hunting tools; the bow and arrow was one such hunting tool.

It took three days.

Wan Ping'an finished making a longbow.

"Eat a good meal tonight, have a good sleep, and tomorrow I'll go up the mountain to hunt."

Wan Ping'an put away the longbow, as well as the arrows he had made by hand.